Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Example is better than following it.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.